Music/Dance
LE BORNE
(Fernand, 1862-1929, Belgian Critic & Composer)
'Sylvie' for tenor or soprano and piano,
9/8 in A flat, no. 2 of four 'Chansons Mondaines', ('Worldly Songs'), a lively piece with French words by Bussy de Rabutin, (1618-1693), from an epigram by Catullus, signed and inscribed in French To my remarkable interpreter M. Francell, (Fernand, 1880-1966, the French tenor), A cordial souvenir, decorative title of two birds on a wild rose bush, 5 sides 13½ x 10½, Paris, Léon Grus & Cie., no date, circa
Item Date: 1900
Background
With a pencil note, presumably by Francell, raising the last two notes an octave.
Stock No. 54519